Examining the validity of the total dwell time of eye fixations to identify landmarks in a building

It is uncertain to what extent the duration of eye fixations reflects the use of landmarks during navigation. Therefore, a study was conducted in which eye tracking data and route descriptions were collected of 23 participants who were highly familiar with the indoor test environment. Based on the t...

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Main Authors: Pepijn Viaene, Pieter Vansteenkiste, Matthieu Lenoir, Alain De Wulf, Philippe De Maeyer
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Eye Movement Research
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Online Access:https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2526
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author Pepijn Viaene
Pieter Vansteenkiste
Matthieu Lenoir
Alain De Wulf
Philippe De Maeyer
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description It is uncertain to what extent the duration of eye fixations reflects the use of landmarks during navigation. Therefore, a study was conducted in which eye tracking data and route descriptions were collected of 23 participants who were highly familiar with the indoor test environment. Based on the total fixation time on different landmark categories, two measures were calculated, namely the calculated landmark category use and the probable landmark category use. Based on the ratio between these measures an object was considered to be a landmark or not. The results were then compared with the objects referenced to in written route instructions. It can be concluded that promising results were provided by this method to identify landmarks. This landmark identification criterion strongly reflected the landmarks that came forward in the written route instructions. However, issues related to the identification of structural landmarks remain a problem.
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spelling doaj-art-62d4d97406c04071a25304454cd0a3bc2025-08-20T02:35:14ZengMDPI AGJournal of Eye Movement Research1995-86922016-04-019310.16910/jemr.9.3.4Examining the validity of the total dwell time of eye fixations to identify landmarks in a buildingPepijn Viaene0Pieter Vansteenkiste1Matthieu Lenoir2Alain De Wulf3Philippe De Maeyer4Ghent University - Geography DepartmentGhent UniversityGhent UniversityGhent UniversityGhent UniversityIt is uncertain to what extent the duration of eye fixations reflects the use of landmarks during navigation. Therefore, a study was conducted in which eye tracking data and route descriptions were collected of 23 participants who were highly familiar with the indoor test environment. Based on the total fixation time on different landmark categories, two measures were calculated, namely the calculated landmark category use and the probable landmark category use. Based on the ratio between these measures an object was considered to be a landmark or not. The results were then compared with the objects referenced to in written route instructions. It can be concluded that promising results were provided by this method to identify landmarks. This landmark identification criterion strongly reflected the landmarks that came forward in the written route instructions. However, issues related to the identification of structural landmarks remain a problem.https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2526eye movementeye trackingattentionregion of interestlandmarkswayfinding
spellingShingle Pepijn Viaene
Pieter Vansteenkiste
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Examining the validity of the total dwell time of eye fixations to identify landmarks in a building
Journal of Eye Movement Research
eye movement
eye tracking
attention
region of interest
landmarks
wayfinding
title Examining the validity of the total dwell time of eye fixations to identify landmarks in a building
title_full Examining the validity of the total dwell time of eye fixations to identify landmarks in a building
title_fullStr Examining the validity of the total dwell time of eye fixations to identify landmarks in a building
title_full_unstemmed Examining the validity of the total dwell time of eye fixations to identify landmarks in a building
title_short Examining the validity of the total dwell time of eye fixations to identify landmarks in a building
title_sort examining the validity of the total dwell time of eye fixations to identify landmarks in a building
topic eye movement
eye tracking
attention
region of interest
landmarks
wayfinding
url https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2526
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